尼泊尔将游说美国政府来免税进入美国服装市场

 

Nepal to lobby for duty free access for RMG in US

Nepal would lobby the US government to gain duty-free, quota-free access to the American market for all types of readymade garments, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said. He also urged garment makers to expand their production capacity to ensure regular supplies to one of the main export destinations.
Oli's comment during his address at the 65th annual general meeting of the Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC). The Prime Minister said manufacturers should focus on improving their production capacity.
After US President Barack Obama signed legislation authorising special trade preferences for Nepal on February 24, Nepali garment exporters have been able to utilise duty-free tariff benefits for up to 66 types of garment items like carpets, headgear, shawls, scarves and travel goods.
However, garment producers were disappointed after finding out that they do not currently manufacture the products in the duty-free list. The duty-free facility which lasts until 2025 is applicable to only 40 per cent of the Nepali garments being exported to the US.
There were over 400 apparel factories across the country that provided employment to 450,000 individuals when garment export was at its peak in 2001. Investment in this sector reportedly exceeded Rs six billion at that time.
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尼泊尔将游说美国政府来免税进入美国服装市场

尼泊尔将游说美国政府来获得免税,非配额进入美国所有类型的成衣市场，尼泊尔总理KP Sharma Oli说。他还敦促服装厂商扩大生产能力,以确保定期向   主要的出口目的地供应。

Oli的评论是在尼泊尔商会第65届年度大会上做出的。总理说,制造商应该注重提高他们的生产能力。

在美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马签署一项法案,从2月24日起开始授权尼泊尔特殊贸易优惠,随后，尼泊尔服装出口商能够利用关税免税的好处多达66种类型的服装项目,如地毯、首饰、披肩、围巾和旅行产品。

然而, 在发现他们目前生产的产品并不在免税清单上之后，服装生产商感到失望。免税优惠持续到2025年，只适用于只有40%的尼泊尔服装产品出口到美国。

当2001年服装出口达到顶峰的时候，全国有超过400家服装工厂，提供就业450000人。据报道对该领域的投资超过六十亿卢比。